Is a continued Polish-Bohemian union a Czech wank?

In the end of the 13th Century the Premyslids had united the Polish and Bohemian thrones, in OTL Poland lost Silesia when it separated from Bohemia, what if the union between Poland and Bohemia was as permanent as the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, during that time, the literary language of Poland was Czech in OTL the Poles living in the Duchy of Wroclaw aka Lower Silesia and PLC shed the Czech influence when Polish became a known literary language and Printing in Polish started, Opole-Raciborz, the Czech influence wore off later due to cultural divergence between the Poles and Czechs, what if Poland and Bohemia's union remains and sticks until the age of Nationalisms - it would mean that the Poles would speak Czech as their second language, how would that effect the development of Polish language?
 

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Polish and Czech might fuse to one language, or at least the Silesian Poles becomes Czechified. But of course all depend on where the center of Power in the union is. If it gravitates towards Poland the situation might reverse.
 
Pre-modern czech spelling interestingly looked a lot more polish than it does today, using w instead of v, cz, rz, sz and zz instead of č, ř, š, ž etc. as can clearly be seen in Rudolf II's 1609 Letter of Majesty.

Majestat%20Rudolfa%20II.jpg

 
Polish and Czech might fuse to one language, or at least the Silesian Poles becomes Czechified. But of course all depend on where the center of Power in the union is. If it gravitates towards Poland the situation might reverse.

The Poles of Opole and Cieszyn did not get Czechified even if the Official language there was Czech.

The Poles in Lower Silesia, Mazovia, Kuyavia and Greater Poland have a stronger identity than the people of Lesser Poland and Upper Silesia - in fact one of the pioneers in Printing in Polish is in Lower Silesia , if anyone gets gets integrated in Bohemia it is Lesser Poland and Upper Silesia, or at least the people of Lesser Poland and Upper Silesia are important in the Union compared to the Poles in Northern Poland(Lower Silesia, Kuyavia,Greater Poland and Mazovia).

Pre-modern czech spelling interestingly looked a lot more polish than it does today, using w instead of v, cz, rz, sz and zz instead of č, ř, š, ž etc. as can clearly be seen in Rudolf II's 1609 Letter of Majesty.

Majestat%20Rudolfa%20II.jpg


That is the main reason why I used Wenceslaw/Waclaw for Wenceslaus II and III in my TL, I think the Orthographies of Polish and Czech won't diverge if Poland and Bohemia formed a union.
 
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